50 Stories About The Most Intelligent Pets People Have Ever Had

My cat (who passed yesterday) figured out that messing with the stuff I kept on my lowest book shelf was the only sound that would wake me out of deep sleep. It became her code for demanding food or attention. If she messed with the stuff on the shelf, I knew she needed something immediately.

Cousin's German shepherd woke him up in the middle of the night when his blood sugar got low. Not trained to do this.

Many years ago, we bought a little cat statue for the garden. The birds quickly got used to it, and would perch on its head.

Looked out one day to see our cat sitting motionless in the exact same pose next to it.

Same cat would also drag garden sacks down the garden to a convenient spot near where the birds came down for water, and hide under them.

Our cat Finn would meow on key whenever my husband would sing or play guitar. Finn knew it made us squeal with excitement so he was sure to show off during band practice nights.

We have a toddler that leaves her food everywhere. Our dog knows she isn’t supposed to eat her food but if she finds an abandoned plate of food (all plates are plastic for our toddler) she will eat the food and carry the plate and drop it into the sink so we think one of us cleared the food and put the plate in the sink.

My husband is gone for work most of the week so it’s just me and we have pet cameras. Our dog is getting fat.

My childhood dog Bart (Labrador/German shepherd cross) learned to wait after being washed and then shake once we walked far enough away not to get caught by the spray.

He also had a box of toys and you could say "get your ___" and he would go and fetch the right toy.

We never taught him either of those! He was found on the side of the highway and was just the bestest, sweetest, most smartest boy.

The door to the stairs down to my laundry room can be seen from the loungeroom and my elderly dog knew this. There was a dog door to the outside at the bottom of the stairs but due to him falling down and knocking some teeth out when he was about 6 he was too scared to go down the steep stairs anymore

So when he wanted to go out to pee he would stand near the laundry door and when we got up he would run around to the side door that led to the verandah and the small less scary stairs that he actually could go down

Also when my son was 16 he worked at KFC on closing shifts (which was about 11pm) on weeknights. My dog knew that when he heard the text notification on my phone at approx that time that it was my son texting me to pick him up. Which meant that my fur baby got to go for a ride in the car, which was his favourite thing in the world. He would jump up from a dead sleep, run to the front door and spin in circles waiting for me to let him out and into the car. He wouldn't do it an any other time when he heard that notification, only on weeknights at about 11pm.

My dog is a big sweetheart and an older girl, she's a 12-year-old corgi, and has never snapped at anyone, bitten, etc. She's honestly more like a lazy cat, she loves to just lay around, eat, and sleep haha. A couple months ago, we went to visit my parents, and as I was in the guest room standing by the bed talking to my husband and my corgi was snuggled up next to him, my mom came in. She was trying to tease me by renacting a scene from a comedy we had all recently watched, by grabbing my arms and raising her voice in a silly way while trying to pull me out of the room.

We only found out this last year that she is bipolar and all the medication various doctors tried to give her over the years didn't work because she had been misdiagnosed. Now that she's finally stable, we are starting to build a much healthier relationship, but I have cPTSD and startle extremely easily, and just her presence can still be triggering.

So when my mom grabbed me suddenly like that, even though she was trying to be funny, I froze and was momentarily terrified. My normally laid-back dog FREAKED OUT, howled in this weird high-pitched way and immediately leapt off the bed to get between my mom and me. I was fine after a second, but I was so impressed how quickly my dog read the situation and understood I felt like I was in danger, then released her inner corgiferocity to protect me.

Escaped doggy daycare. She apparently, took blocks from one side of the room stacked them up into a tower and jumped the fence. Luckily, the area was enclosed she “escaped” into. They had never seen that before.

My dog went and stole an orchid plant in a pot from the neighbours and brought it undamaged to my Mum on Mother's Day.

Our dog trained our cat to not attack her when she came inside. Dog would race in through the back door, cat would be sitting under the table, waiting, and swipe the dog as she ran past. One day I open the door, dog races in and stops in her tracks just before the table. I swear I saw her think "no, I'm not having this" and she walks slowly over to the cat and gently touched noses. Spent about a week making sure to touch noses with the cat when she came inside. If she ever feels the cat is looking a bit fiesty, she does the nose touch. She trained the cat to stop attacking her.

My Bulldog won't go outside without our other dog, so if the emotional support dog doesn't want to go outside, the Bulldog will pretend to be all worked up about something and bark while looking out the slider door into the backyard. That makes the other dog decide he DOES want to go outside, and as soon as that happens, the Bulldog drops the act.

My dog will nod yes or shake her head no when given options between treats. It's pretty cute.

My cat loves water and he enjoys drinking from faucets. One time, I had a faucet running for the hot water and I let him sniff it and told him not to touch it because he's hot. After I use some hot water, I'll turn it back to cold and leave it for him a few minutes and he will test it with his toe beans before committing to a drink.

We've got one cat who knows how to turn off the lights — that is, she consciously understands how the light switch works and will jump up the wall to it to turn the lights off so she can sleep in the dark, but only if nobody is actively using the room.

My roomie's cat Butters imprinted on me by accident and is always by my side. He likes to bring me gifts: cat toys, forks, batteries, the mail, literally anything he can find and carry.

One night I was downstairs watching anime with friends when Butters came down the stairs, dragging one of my slippers with him. The slipper was nearly as big as he was back then!

Maybe 20 minutes passed, we hear thunking on the steps again - and he's bringing me my other slipper.

He knew I needed both! He's done this a few more times and I really hope to record it eventually.

My dog hates the vet. He had to stay overnight and I guess he decided that was unacceptable so he broke out and I found him waiting for me on my porch.

One of my dogs constantly steals whatever toy my other dog has. The one who gets stolen from has learned to bait the other with a toy she doesn't want, so she can have the toy she actually wants back.

Remember clock radios that would wake you up by the radio going on? My first cat knew that's what woke me up so she would jump up on my nightstand and climb all over the clock radio to presumably get me to wake up.

As for dogs, I had an Aussie who loved fetch with anything...balls, Frisbee, sticks, etc. One day I had a burn pile going and throwing sticks and tree branches on it. She started walking around collecting sticks and would come over and toss them on the fire.

My spaniel will pretend he wants to go out and bark. My husband will leave the sofa to go unlock the back door. The dog will jump into his seat since it's warm and the best spot. My husband will return, annoyed that the dog hasn't followed him. The dog will lie upside down and pretend to be in a deep sleep. Fools him every time.